Uparwale Ki Lathi by Mayur Manjre is a powerful Hindi novella. The story is set in some fictional locality named Hussainpura redolent of its local flavours of culture, cuisine, every day hustle-bustle and most important its people that cross one another almost every day on the pretext of myriad chores and sometime for no reason. The title is objective, it means the stick of God, which is invisible but it can either be a blessing or cause havoc, depending upon the circumstances. Rather, it’s a famous proverb in Hindi belt audiences. The novel has a timeline of one day i.e. from morning to brumal night; however, it splendidly narrates many back stories, sweeps, and takes readers on a bitter sweet memory lane of its characters. The story may not be about an event; or bereaved of a cycle of action and drama…yet it succeeds in capturing the heart of readers. One solo reason is its rich vivid description of locality with respect to its lead character Seth Ziddilal’s presence. The author ...
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